• DocumentCode
    421098
  • Title

    Interferometric PMD measurement of a transatlantic, 5512-km fiber link including 119 EDFAs

  • Author

    Roberge, N.C.R. ; Bradley, Jonathan ; Amice, G. ; Audet, F. ; Schinn, G.W.

  • Author_Institution
    EXFO Electro-Opt. Eng., Vanier, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Abstract
    We report end-to-end PMD-measurement of a 5512-km fiber link including 119 EDFAs with an overall gain bandwidth of 20 nm and a high level of output ASE, using a generalized version of the interferometric method.
  • Keywords
    erbium; light interferometry; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; superradiance; 5512 km; EDFA; PMD measurement; amplified spontaneous emission; interferometric method; polarization mode dispersion; transatlantic fiber link;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359177